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Bukodi received her M.A. in Economics and Sociology (1992) and PhD in Sociology (2002) from Budapest University of Technology and Economics. [2]
She was a Max Weber Fellow of the European University Institute 2006-2007. [3]
Bukodi is a member of the British Sociological Association, the ISA Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility, and the Hungarian Sociological Association. She is a member of the editorial board of Work, Employment and Society and a reviewer for the European Sociological Review and American Sociological Review . [4]
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